Stanley Cup Playoffs

An anniversary passed a few days ago — June 6, 1993 — and I would have forgotten all about it if not for Manny Machado and Yordano Ventura.

On that sunny Sunday afternoon, 23 years ago, I saw my first bench-clearing brawl in person. The Orioles and Mariners met each other near the mound and commenced in a doozy of a donnybrook, a nasty fight that involved clusters of players duking it out after Mike Mussina beaned Bill Haselman in the seventh inning with Baltimore leading 5-1.

It's something you don't see very often — grown men, playing a game, who can't control their emotions and decide to use their fists instead of bats or gloves — in...

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